Detachable armrest for automobiles



v T. H. DECKER. DETACHABLE ARMREST FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY20. I921.

Patented June 20, 1922.-

PATENT QFFICE.

THOMAS H. DECKER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DETACHABLE ARMRES'I FOR AUTOMOBILES.

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented June 20, 1922.

Application filed. May 20, 1921. Serial No. 471,113.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS H. DECKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Detachable Armrests for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to arm rests for vehicles, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed. 1

An object of my invention is to provide a sim le inex ensive and ractical arm rest for an automobile that is adapted to be detachably applied to the automobile frame or body and removed therefrom at will.

A further obj eot of my invention is to provide a device of the character described that can be placed in operative position with respect to the body of an automobile and removed therefrom without the use of any tools.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described that is strong and durable and occupies but little space when not in use so that it may be readily carried in a tool box or the like.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specificatiomand the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a portion of an automobile body, showing the device operatively applied,

Figure 2'is a plan view of a fragmentary portion of the device, portions thereof being broken away, and

Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention, I make use ,The U-shaped portion l-has spaced apart parallel tie-wires 8 between the arms thereof and other spaced apart parallel tie-wires 9 the vehicle to which the device is applied,

rests his arm upon the frame. The hook portions 6 and 7 of the device .are preferably flattened so as to more closely engage a vehicle body.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In Figure 1, I have shown a portion of an automobile body 12 having a plurality of my improved arm rests applied thereto. It will be observed that the hook members 6 and 7 are adapted to engage the side of the body at its upper edge or the upper edge of a window frame in the body. The device is arranged in a desired position with respect to a seat 13' of the vehicle. The occupants Jof the vehicle sitting at the ends of the seat 1, the driver of theautomobile may rest his' arm thereon when manipulating the steering wheel other operating parts of the device, thereby lessening the strain ordinarily occasioned on account of the necessity of maintaining the arms in raised position.

The device is simple in its construction and can be instantly applied in a desired 0- sition with respect to a vehicle seat. Wlibn not in use, it may be carried about readily,- as in a tool box of the vehicle, without takingvu much space.

I c aim: v 1. A device of the character described comprising a U-shaped wire having its ends flattened and projected at right angles to the plane of the U-shaped portion, said'ends being fashioned into hooks, cross wires carried by the U-shaped portion of said first named wire, padding carried by said cross wires, and a cover disposed around said padding.

2. A device of the character described comprising a wire bent, into a U-shaped por- 5 tion and into a pair of hooks, said hooks extending at right angles to the plane of the 'U-shaped portion, cross wires carried by said frame, said said U-shaped portion and constitutin a frame, padding disposed above and be ow padding being of greater l0 thickness above said frame than below, and a cover disposed around said frame and be ing adapted to enclose said adding. r

' THOMAS .DECKER. 

